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- HARVESTER. I No. 454,225. Patented June 16,1891.

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HARVESTER.

No. 454,225. Patented June 16,1891.

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JAMES PATERSON AND YV ILLIAM PATERSON, OF STOCKTON, ASSIGNORS TO THEBENIOIA'AGRICULTURAL WORKS, OF BENIOIA, CALIFORNIA.

HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,225, dated June 16,1891.

Application filed April 9, 1890. Serial No. 3 l'h250- (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JAMES PATERSON and WILLIAM PATERSON, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Stockton, San Joaquin county, State ofCalifornia, have invented an Improvement in Harvesters; and we herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame.

Our invention relates to certain improvements in harvesters; and itconsists in the combination and construction of parts hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanationof our invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of our machine. Fig. 2 is aside elevation.

A is a traction-engine, in which in the present case I have only shownthe boiler with the crank-shaft B of the engine extending over the top.

C O are the bearing and driving wheels upon which this engine issupported, and D are the gears through which motion is trans mitted fromthe engine to propel the wheels 0 O.

E E are the guiding-wheels supporting the rear end of the boiler of theengine, and F is a frame rigidly fixed to the engine-frame and carryingupon one side the thrashing, separating, and cleaning machinery, whichare contained in the usual casing shown at G. The frame-work F projectsabout equally upon each side of the engine, and the thrashing andcleaning machinery is supported upon this frame-work at the left side ofthe engine without other hearing or supporting wheels, while the portionof the frame which projects to the right side extends far enough toserve as a support for the heading mechanism.

The thrashing-cylinder H is mounted upon a shaft I, which is journaledupon the frame F, and receives power directly from the engine by meansof the belt or gearing at J, and as the engine and separator are rigidlyconnected no provision is necessary to compensate [or any changes ofposition between these two. A separate engine may be mounted on the sameframe F and used to drive the harvester parts independently of thetractionengine.

The front ends of the timbers F of the frame, which stand parallel withthe line of travel of the machine, are provided with hinge-joints K, andto these are connected the timbers L, which extend backwardlyfrom andsupport the header-frame of which they form a part. These joints orhinges K are in line with the shaft M, from which power is appliedthrough the beveled gearing N, the crank-shaft O, and the oscillatinglever P to reciprocate the sickle Q. This same shaft M extends acrossthe thrashing-machine in front of the thrashing cylinder and carries thedrum around which the self-feeder belt R passes and by which this beltis driven. By means of suitable belts, gears, or other connections whichdo not difier materially from those used for driving the drapers ofheading machines, the draper S, which delivers the cut grain from thesickle to the self-feeder R, is driven from the shaft M by means of abelt and gearing, as shown. It will be manifest from this constructionthat the whole of the header portion of the apparatus may be raised anddepressed about the hinge-joints K and the shaft M without in any waydisturbing the driving-gears or. other connections, and withoutreference to any movements of the rigidly-connected thrashing-machineand engine upon which the whole apparatus is supported and carried.

At the side of the self-feeder R which is opposite to the draper S, Ihave shown a vertically-disposed belt T, turning upon vertical drums andacting as a guard to prevent the straw which'is delivered from thedraper S to the self-feeder R from being thrown over and beyond the beltT. This belt T is driven by a beveled gearing, (shown at U,) the shaft Mcarrying one of the wheels of the gear, so that the movements beingalways made about the common center will not derange the operation ofthe gear. By this construction it will be seen that as the thrashing andcleaning machinery is supported upon and by the bearing-wheels of thetraction-engine which propels the machine about the field and at thesame time furnishes power to drive the machinery no provision need bemade for any irregularities of movement caused by the traveling overuneven ground, and as the header by which the grain is cut is hinged tothe front of this rigid frame, so that the hinges are in line with theshaft by which power is transmitted from the engine to the header andthe various moving parts dependent upon it, the sickle may be raised andlowered to suit the height of the grain which is being cut by any of theusual appliances for this purpose without in any way disturbing theconnections. The whole machine may thus be supported, propelled, andoperated from the single set of wheels which carry the traction-engine.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a combined harvester and thrashing machine, a traction-engine with arigid frame upon which the thrasher and separator are mounted withoutindependent movement, a separate frame hinged to the rigid frame infront of the engine and thrasher and carrying the sickle, draper,self-feeder, and a vertical endless belt with carrying-rollers mountedat the opposite side of the self-feeder from the draper, a maindriving-shaft M, j ournaled upon the rigid frame in line with the hingesof the independent frame and receiving power from the engine, and gearsmounted upon said shaft and upon the sickle-driving, draper, and guardbelt shafts, so as to maintain their engagement when the header-frame israised or depressed, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

JAMES PATERSON. \VILLIAM PATERSON.

Witnesses:

PHILIP B. FRASER, C. II. KEAGLE.

